Joba 11

1 Dia namaly Zofara Namatita ka nanao hoe:

And Zophar the Naamathite answers and says:

2 Moa tsy hovaliana va ny teny be toy izany? Ary moa raha maro vava, dia ho marina va?

“Is a multitude of words not answered? And is a man of lips justified?

3 Ny bedibedinao va no hampangina ny olona? Ka dia haniratsira ianao, ka tsy hisy handresy lahatra,

Your boastings make men keep silent, You scorn, and none is causing blushing!

4 Ary dia hiteny hoe: Madio ny teny nalahatro, ary tsy nanan-tsiny teo imasonao aho.

And you say, My discourse [is] pure, And I have been clean in Your eyes.

5 Enga anie ka hiteny Andriamanitra ka hiloa-bava hamaly anao!

And yet, O that God had spoken! And opens His lips with you.

6 Dia hasehony aminao ny fahendrena miafina, fa tsy hita lany izany, ka dia ho fantatrao fa tsy dia novalian’ Andriamanitra avokoa ny helokao.

And declares to you secrets of wisdom, for counsel has foldings. And know that God forgets of your iniquity for you.

7 Takatry ny sainao va ny fomban’ Andriamanitra? Ary tanteraka va ny fahitanao ny Tsitoha

Do you find out God by searching? To perfection find out the Mighty One?

8 Avo tahaka ny lanitra izany! ka inona no hainao atao? Lalina noho ny fiainan-tsi-hita! ka inona no fantatrao? (Sheol h7585)

Heights of the heavens—what [can] you do? Deeper than Sheol—what [can] you know? (Sheol h7585)

9 Lava noho ny tany ny ohany ary lehibe noho ny ranomasina.

Its measure [is] longer than earth, and broader than the sea.

10 Raha mandroso Izy ka misambotra ary manao fitsarana, dia iza moa no mahasakana Azy?

If He passes on, and shuts up, and assembles, Who then reverses it?

11 Fa Izy mahafantatra ny olon-dratsy; Ary hitany ny heloka, na dia tsy mandinika akory aza Izy.

For He has known men of vanity, And He sees iniquity, And one does not consider [it]!

12 Koa na dia ny olom-poana aza dia hahazo fahendrena, ary na dia ny zanaky ny boriki-dia aza dia hateraka ho olombelona.

And empty man is bold, And man is born [as] the colt of a wild donkey.

13 Raha ampanatrehinao Azy ny fonao, ary atantinao aminy ny tananao,

If you have prepared your heart, And have spread out your hands to Him,

14 Ka misy heloka eo an-tananao, dia ario lavitra izany, ary aza avela hisy ratsy hitoetra ao an-dainao;

If iniquity [is] in your hand, put it far off, And do not let perverseness dwell in your tents.

15 Dia hahazo hanandratra ny tavanao tsy misy tsiny ianao, koa hijoro tsara ary tsy hatahotra;

For then you lift up your face from blemish, And you have been firm, and do not fear.

16 Fa ho hadinonao ny fahorianao: Toy ny rano efa nandalo no hahatsiarovanao azy.

For you forget misery, As waters passed away you remember.

17 Ary hamirapiratra lavitra noho ny mitataovovonana ny andronao; na dia sendra manjombona aza, dia ho tonga tahaka ny maraina.

And age rises above the noon, You fly—you are as the morning.

18 Hatoky ianao, satria misy fanantenana; eny, hijery manodidina ianao ka handry tsy amin’ ahiahy.

And you have trusted because there is hope, And searched—in confidence you lie down,

19 Dia ho tafandry ianao, fa tsy hisy hanaitaitra; Ary maro no hila sitraka aminao.

And you have rested, And none is causing trembling, And many have begged [at] your face;

20 Fa ny mason’ ny ratsy fanahy kosa ho pahina, ka ho very avokoa ny fiarovana azy, ary ny fialàna aina ihany no hany sisa azony antenaina.

And the eyes of the wicked are consumed, And refuge has perished from them, And their hope [is] a breathing out of soul!”